Improvement in liquid compounds for burnishing leather goods



UNITED STATES PATENT ()Frrcn JAMES OLAUSEN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

IMPROVEMENT IN LIQUID COMPOUNDS FOR BURNISHING LEATHER GOODS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 155,860, dated October13, 1874; application filed September 12,1874.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES CLAUSEN, of New York city, in the county andState of New York, have invented a new and Improved Liquid Compound forBurnishing Leather Goods, of which the following is a specification:

The object of my invention is to furnish, for

' the purpose of burnishing and finishing the shanks, heels, sole edgesof boots, shoes, and other leather articles, a compound which, if addedin small quantities to the common burnishing-ink, imparts a deeper colorto the same, and preserves a clear black luster for any length of timethereon.

The main defect of the ink generally used for blackin g the shanks andother parts of the boots and shoes is that the same soon loses itsoriginal shining black color and takes a grayish hue, especially whenthe goods are kept stored for some time, presenting thereby a lessattractive appearance.

My invention consists of an extract of nutgalls and logwood boiled withcastile soap and a small quantity of glycerine, which is mixed with theink, rendering the same very durable, and appearing with a deep andbright black color for any length of time.

The ingredients and the proportions in which the compound is preparedare as follows: Eight parts of ground nutgalls and ten parts of extractof logwood are boiled up in a suitable quantity of water, under theaddition of four parts of castile soap and a small quantity ofglycerine, until a liquid of easily-flowing consistency is produced. Afew drops of this liquid are mixed with the common ink used forburnishing and finishing leather goods, the ink becoming thereby ofsuperior blacking quality, and imparting a permanent and substantialshine to the parts prepared therewith.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

The liquid compound to be used for burnishing andfinishing boots, shoes,and other leather goods, produced of ground nutgalls, extract oflogwood, castile soap, and glycerine, mixed I in boiling water, forbeing added to the common burnishing-ink in use, substantially as andfor the purpose set forth.

JAMES GLAUSEN.

Witnesses:

PAUL GOEPEL, T. B. MosHER.

